Final Syllable Lengthening (FSL) in infant vocalizations

Journal of Child Language

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-25

  Nathani, Suneeti ^b   Kimbrough Oller, D ^c   Cobo Lewis, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHONETICS; SPEECH;

DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH;

EID: 0242585339     PISSN: 03050009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0305000902005433     Document Type: Article

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